[T]he media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton. In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana Brawley case. He also played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews “diamond merchants”) and 1995 Freddie’s Fashion Mart riot.

As I explained on my radio show, this spectacle is bigger than I am on several levels. There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. “Racism” is too often their sledgehammer. And it is being used to try to keep citizens who don’t share the left’s agenda from participating in the full array of opportunities this nation otherwise affords each of us. It was on display many years ago in an effort to smear Clarence Thomas with racist stereotypes and keep him off the Supreme Court. More recently, it was employed against patriotic citizens who attended town-hall meetings and tea-party protests.

“Unless Mr. Limbaugh apologizes and clarifies his statements, attorneys for Rev. Sharpton will move forward with a lawsuit,” said a written statement released yesterday by Sharpton’s spokeswoman.

Oh, I can’t wait! I – Cannot- Wait!

Please, Al ,Please — Sue Rush Limbaugh! I can’t WAIT to have the whole Tawanna Brawley thing re-hashed in open court. I can’t wait to have introduced into evidence the inflammatory thetoric and race-baiting you did before the Freddy’s Fashion Mart riot.

I can’t wait to see Rush win — and take every damned red cent you have.

Please Al — you have EVERYTHING to lose and nothing whatsoever to gain.